What do you "hate" in video games?

[Psub Xero]

I am currently making an animation for which the working title is "100 things I hate about video games" which is admittedly one of the least creative ideas ever. I am on step 1: Make the list. I almost have everything but I currently have hater's block. Just to clarify I mean hate in the same context as this: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/530103 . I am not sticking to one specific game so don't say "commando pro" say "melee" (which is already in there). 99% of your answers are probably already in the list but don't hold them back.

EDIT: the link didn't work because the period was included in the link just delete it

 

[MercurySteam]

When people forget lessons all these years of videogaming has taught us.

E.g. the basic principals of setting out conrols for games.

Don't say it never happens...........

EDIT: Your link doesn't work.

 

[swolf]

no luck with the link either. Also, I'd say disappointing final bosses and "horror" games that aren't scary beyond jump out scares.

 

[Randomologist]

Where do I start? Let the ranting begin...
-Infinitely respawning enemies
-Forced stealth
-Linearity, or arbitrary multiple paths that lead nowhere but death
-Not enough checkpoints, or levels that are just too long to be practical in RL
-Quick-time events of ANY description (Press X to skip the fucking talk, dipshits)
-Enemies that always break your stealth by randomly yelling "HEY, THATS HIM!!!" if you close to within a fifty-mile radius
-Enemies that can pick you off with a pistol from the same distance
-Friendly NPCs that waste ammo, run headlong into a wall of lead, break stealth, get stuck, or fire at walls because they've targeted someone behind a building.
-Developers that refuse to acknowledge that elements of their beloved game are over-powered and need adjusting

All I can think of for now, but I'm sure it can be added to.

 

[ReinofFire]

(In RPGs) Monsters that are extremely difficult and hard to kill but dont give you satisfaction when you do because there are more than 50 of them in the same place.

Or, fake horror parts in an action game.

 

[joshuaayt]

Escort Missions. Defence Missions. Just one of these, in one segment of a game, is more than enough to make me turn the game off and never play it again
EDIT: That is, just one COMPULSORY one. If it's a side mission or something, I really don't care.

 

[Mariakitten]

Space Marines, thats all.

 

[LightOfDarkness]

It gets better later.

Of course games get better later, if you didn't have a tutorial for a completely new game then you wouldn't know how to play it and couldn't have fun with it. What I'm talking about is you have to play X hours or get to plot point CODE NAME:RETARDEDCHILD before it gets good.

Sandbox games where there is no depth.

 

[Artemus_Cain]

Cutscene Quicktime events. Cutscenes are ment to be breaks to edge the story along, so the qte's will frustrate people not expecting it, and take away the story from people expecting qte's as they'll just look at the screen waiting for the button prompt.

 

[MetalDooley]

Turn based fights
Random battles
Level grinding

I've never been able to enjoy JRPG's because of those

 

[oreopizza47]

no luck with the link either. Also, I'd say disappointing final bosses and "horror" games that aren't scary beyond jump out scares.

delete the period in the link and it works.

and going on the previous moral choice thing, i only hate it when there is no point, no difference in the two... like dante's inferno.
personally, my pet peeve is retarded AI. i don't care if it's the enemy or my teammates, if they aren't competent, the game is ruined. it either becomes too easy cuz the enemies have no brain, or too hard because you have no one to back you up against competent enemies. both being suck is alright, but it doesn't say much for the makers.

 

['The Eel']

Generic FPS Space Marine Protagonist #3484

Derp stupid AI

Items or abilities that become Lost Forever because you missed them 10 hours back in an area you now can never return to.

 

[Urgh76]

When Physics don't apply the right way

 

[mokes310]

Kids under 17 who play M-Rated games.

 

[James Hueick]

Tea-bagging, just fucking annoying

 

[Ubermetalhed]

Backtracking through levels...

 

[Lazy Kitty]

Final bosses which die in one shot.
[sup]I'm looking ate you, Fable 2![/sup]

Constant crashing of the game.
The Scum-sense!